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9/11viii, 296 : 22 cm
America's leading constitutional historian presents the first history of states' rights in the United States, surveying the concept's history from the Declaration of Independence to the end of Reconstruction. McDonald (history, U. of Alabama) explores the balance between general and local authority in government. Tracing the concept of states' rights from the Declaration of Independence to the end of Reconstruction, he illuminates the constitutional, political, and economic contexts in which the issues have evolved
Includes bibliographical references and index
Problem of divided sovereignty -- Compact -- Federalist era -- Jeffersonians -- Era of mixed feelings, 1815-1828 -- States' rights triumphant -- Government in limbo, 1837-1845 -- Changed dynamic, 1845-1852 -- Dissolving the union -- Civil War and reconstruction -- Doctrine transformed
America's leading constitutional historian presents the first history of states' rights in the United States, surveying the concept's history from the Declaration of Independence to the end of Reconstruction. McDonald (history, U. of Alabama) explores the balance between general and local authority in government. Tracing the concept of states' rights from the Declaration of Independence to the end of Reconstruction, he illuminates the constitutional, political, and economic contexts in which the issues have evolved
Includes bibliographical references and index
Problem of divided sovereignty -- Compact -- Federalist era -- Jeffersonians -- Era of mixed feelings, 1815-1828 -- States' rights triumphant -- Government in limbo, 1837-1845 -- Changed dynamic, 1845-1852 -- Dissolving the union -- Civil War and reconstruction -- Doctrine transformed
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